DIG ONLINE: Self Sufficient Gardening & Urban Farming

4341 East Broadway Road,Phoenix AZ 85040

18 March, 2021

Description

Urban farms are growing in number. Learn how to build a sustainable garden or urban farm in your backyard. Gardening does not have to be an expensive venture! Discover the basics of using self-sustaining, organic methods that can keep your soil healthy and your family fed with fresh homegrown foods. Create an urban farm that is increasingly abundant over time, saving you time and money, yielding healthy food, and benefiting the environment. Bonus: Discover the basics of adding small livestock animals to your backyard garden. Learning Objectives What a garden needs to be productive and self-sustainingHow to put water, insects, seeds and microbes to work to improve production and promote a self-sufficient systemExplore easy ways to save money and make a garden more self-sufficientExamples of how animals and gardens can work togetherResources to get started Speaker: Master Gardener Kari Spencer Kari Spencer is a Maricopa County Master Gardener and an urban farming author. Growing food, homesteading, permaculture and backyard livestock are her way of life, and teaching is her passion. She is the proprietor of The Micro Farm Project and the author of City Farming: How-to Guide to Growing Food and Raising Livestock in Urban Spaces.